by: Saadi (c. 1213-1291) translated by Samuel Robinson From the Bustan A drop of rain trickled from a cloud into the ocean. When it beheld the breadth of its waters it was utterly confounded: “What a place is this Sea, and what am I? If it is existent, verily I am non-existent.” Whilst it was thus regarding Read more about The Pearl and the Ocean[…]
The day is first mentioned in the Talmud in Tractate Rosh Hashana (2a) where it states that “Beit Hillel say: [The New Year for tree] is on the fifteenth of [the Hebrew month of Shvat].” Beit Shammai, another group of rabbinic scholars at the time, is recorded as having the opinion that the New Year Read more about Tu Bishvat Jewish new year of the Trees[…]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0013hcr “Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season ” was first published in a fall 1965 issue of Arash. One of Farrokhzad’s longest and most pensive poems, it begins with a speaker’s personal and individual declaration that implies a whole life behind it: And this is Ia woman alone at the threshold of Read more about Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season[…]
Six Words of Advice: Let go of what has passed.Let go of what may come.Let go of what is happening now.Don’t try to figure anything out.Don’t try to make anything happen.Relax, right now, and rest. ~ Tilopatranslated by Ken McLeod
Unity, Union, unseperated https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/index.php?tran_input=divya&direct=se&script=hk&link=yes&mode=3 1. सुरभी f. surabhIfearofgod2. सुरभूय n. surabhUyabecomingadeity3. सुरभवन n. surabhavanagod’sabode4. सुरभाव m. surabhAvadignityofagod5. सुरभीगोत्र n. surabhIgotra raceofsurabhI5. असुर adj. asura divine6. असुर्य adj. asuryadivine7. दिव्य adj. divya divine I know i’m asking a difficult question and i guess i’ll get no answer. Anyway…It’s easy to notice Sur being root in all of these Sanskrit examples. Except for all of the English translations Read more about Roots of divinity[…]
<a href=”https://pan-daijing.bandcamp.com/album/tissues”>Tissues by Pan Daijing</a> https://pan-daijing.bandcamp.com/album/tissues Late junction – a found lament Movement is a blessing bestowed on very few of gods creatures Blessed are those who have the courage to uproot themselves and move To move the enquiry on Not just continue in parents footsteps but to question and decide what that generation have Read more about A found lament[…]
World of Wisdom – bbc world service https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct2zwc Bewilderment There are many guises for intelligence.One part of you is gliding in a high windstream,while your more ordinary notionstake little steps and peck at the ground. Conventional knowledge is death to our souls,and it is not really ours. It is laid on.Yet we keep saying we Read more about Sell cleverness and buy bewilderment – Rumi[…]
Let Let your heart match the beat of the universe